...ENG 111 Essay 2 Cause and Effect Essay Assignment Description: This essay is a 5-paragraph, 3 page essay. The first paragraph is the introductory paragraph, the next three support the thesis and the 5th paragraph wraps up the essay. Review the information in Blackboard on Cause and Effect. Make sure that you are including details, using transitional words and phrases between sentences and paragraphs, and editing for grammar and punctuation. Here are the topics (chose one): Option #1: The cause and effect of the popularity (or lack of popularity) of a particular sport or public figure in the Unites States, Option #2 Cause/Effect of environmental issues—for example, failure to reduce pollution, the garbage crisis, difficulty of starting and maintaining recycling programs, concern about food safety Option #3 Cause/Effect related to the arts—for example, popularity of rap or jazz, decline of musical theater, impulse to censor the arts Option #4 The Cause/Effect of the continuing influence or popularity of a book, movie, actor, novelist, social activist, athlete, politician, religious leader, television program Option #5 Cause/effect of changes in economic conditions—for example, the increasing cost of medical care, decline in standard of living, increasing gap between wealthiest and poorest Americans Option #6 The cause/effect of a miscommunication or misunderstanding between two people or two groups. Option #7 Cause/effect of cheating on college exams. Option #7 Cause/effect...
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...Bermudez 1 Essay September 2012 The effects of television on society are vast enough to be almost immeasurable. It is difficult to find an American citizen of any age (myself included) whose life has not been influenced by TV. The invention of TV was one of the most profoundly culture-changing developments of the 20th Century, and it continues to shape society in both obvious and subtle ways. In this essay I will try to identify and explore a major effect television has on society: the general decline of societal health. Certainly this premise is controversial, and many think that TV’s advantages enrich society more than the medium harms us. The term “societal health” and even the word “health” have many implications and mean different things to different people; I will focus on the physical health and mental health of our population, as they are commonly defined. Surely there will be some overlap when speaking of the sub-effects of these two areas. The first area of TV’s effects on society that I will discuss is human physical health. There is, undoubtedly, ample evidence that TV has made society less physically healthy in general. Since the inception of television in the 1940s, obesity rates have increased dramatically in America, especially among children. (Hicks, 1) While TV is not solely to blame, it is a major factor in our lifestyles which lead to poor health. TV-watching is, by nature, a sedentary activity. The vast majority of TV shows are consumed...
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...5/17/2016 WEEK 3 The Essay An Overview of Essay Development The INTRODUCTION The BODY PARAGRAPHS What it contains? Background information, which attracts or ‘hooks’ the reader. What it contains? Topic sentences which follow the thesis statement. Transitions introducing each sub topic. Relevant and generous convincing support (unity) and coherence. A closing remark (concluding sentence) showing the relevance of the support. A thesis statement, which limits the topic and states a precise opinion. The CONCLUSION What it contains? A paraphrase of the thesis statement. INTRODUCTION A summary of the main points. A closing remark (final remark). 1 5/17/2016 Introduction dna noitnetta s’redaer eht teg ot koo H ::::kooH koo H koo H .1 .1 .1 .1 eht ni ecnetnes tsrif( .cipot eht secudortni )hpargarap .2 tnempoleveD .3 .3 .3 .3 neme a S s sehT neme a S s sehT :::: ttttnemettttattttS siiiisehT neme a S s sehT secnetnes lareneg 4 ot 2 : fo sucof eht ecudortni ot )hpargarap eht fo ecnetnes tsal( )hpargarap eht fo ecnetnes tsal( )hpargarap eht fo ecnetnes tsal( )hpargarap eht fo ecnetnes tsal( .yasse eht 1. Start with a general statement (funnel approach) HOW DO YOU CREATE A HOOK? 2.Start with an idea/situation that is the opposite of the one you intend to develop We live in an era where television is the national pastime. Since the invention of the television set, people have been ...
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...WRITING A SUMMARY-RESPONSE ESSAY In academic contexts, you are often asked to write response essays (sometimes called reaction papers) in which you select an aspect of a text that particularly interests you and respond to it in writing. That is, you will be asked to read something (a journal article, a chapter in a book, a technical report) and to write a summary and an analysis of what you read. The purpose of this type of assignment is to find out whether you understood what you read, what your response to the content of the text is, and whether you can express your response clearly. Generally, a response to written material consists of two basic parts: A. a summary of the written material B. an analysis of part of all of the material. Here is the typical format of a response essay: Introduction (The First Paragraph of your essay) 1. State the author’s name and surname 2. State the name of the article (For example: In “The Dangers of the Television” ) 3. Summarize the article and state the author’s main issues/thesis and key supporting points that the author discusses. Use an opening phrase such as: says, discusses, explains, argues, shows. (For example: In “The Dangers of the Television”, Fidler points out that. . .) 4. State your main idea / thesis in which you show your agreement or disagreement at the end of the introduction paragraph. That is your reaction. Body (The second paragraph) Your body paragraph or paragraphs should include: 1. major key supporting points...
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...going to compare and contrast are how children are affected by the media today versus how they were affected by media in the early 1990s. What are the similarities between the two objects, people, subjects, or concepts? List as many similarities that you can think of. The similarities that each time period represents are that each generation children were subjected to the media in some way shape or form. Television, music and the celebrities that are big during these times. A lot of the toys advertised on television now are the same toys that were advertised on television back in the early 90s and similar are the cartoons that are shown now are re-makes of cartoons that were shown during that time. Music is a big influencing factor and it has a similar effect to children today as it did back then. Celebrities too have influenced children in similar ways that they dress the same and want to be those people that they see. What are the differences between the two objects, people, subjects, or concepts? List as many differences that you can think of. Television seems to be a bigger factor in children today than it used to be. Celebrities’ back then did not promote scantily clad and half naked fashions. They also did not promote the baggy to the knees fashion that seems to be showing up all over the states. The music was a lot tamer back in the early 90s than it is today in both content and lyrics, the lyrics of music in the 90s were more subtly hinted than the more blunt...
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...The Trouble with Television 1: “Macneils essay is almost totally negative about televisions effect on its viewers. Write an essay in which you take the opposing view. Develop a thesis presenting the beneficial effects of television.” Television benefits and educates this nation greatly – The sheer volume of facts that you’re presented, as well as the entertainment value, makes it the greatest invention of mankind since sliced bread. Because of television we’re connected to the outside world, through numerous documentaries and news flashes throughout the day. How would we know that Gadaffi died this morning, if we didn’t have television? How would we even know that Libya was in revolt? We wouldn’t, and we only have the television to thank. That hoax, MacNeil, proposes that you could’ve taught yourself several languages or a bachelor degree, if you didn’t watch television. If you submerged yourself in a subject for 10’000 hours, you could’ve mastered it, but really, what’s the point? This kind of pro-nerderism that MacNeil preaches is completely detrimental to our nations economy, education and future. What is the point of reading Homer or Dostoevsky in the original languages? In those 10’000 hours you devoted to reading a single piece of literature, you could’ve made several T.V.-adaptations of the story and sold them to major broadcasters. You could’ve earned half a million dollars for your nation, or watched ten thousand documentaries. You’d even have time to...
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...Emotional appeal is an important tool in many essays whose purpose is to create passion about the subject in its readers. In the “Great Imagination Heist”, Reynolds Price utilizes rhetorical strategies, or diction and detail, to convey to the reader that reading, not watching television, is the correct way for children to develop their imaginations. Through the use of both positive and negative diction and details, he is able to state his position on the matter without ever actually saying it. One example of Price’s use of rhetorical strategies is when he uses negative diction to explain to the reader how television negatively effects a child’s imagination. Price chooses to use words such as “awful”, “controlled”, and “suffered” to influence...
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...A/P COMN 3750 Essay 1 Theorists such as Adorno, Williams and Dienst have multiple views on the effect, development, and influence that Television has upon our society. Its original purpose and vision has been altered towards us, as society has and is still forever developing. Television did just not begin; it was and still is a process of evolution (Dienst, 3-12 A). To many, television is just a form of entertainment, to the normal eye that is. Dienst describes television as more than that, he shows us that numerous factors are responsible for what television and communication really was, is and still may become. Using Economic, Social factors and course material, this essay will prove why these factors are important towards the development of what is now television. If we compare and contrast the definitions of what television was upon its creation compared to what television is now, we will have two completely different answers. Television in the early stages was simply the transferring and receiving of moving images through telecommunications (Dienst, 3-12 A), now television has evolved in a multiplatform medium. The word “evolve” is being used heavily, for the reason that television equipped with technology is forever changing. In (Dienst, 3-12 A) Williams says TV is hard to describe because “ it never is, its always becoming”. Which has lead to its growth in our society at such a rapid pace. Television is responsible for numerous factors in the world...
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...|Analysing an Essay Question | 1. Introduction Common criteria of undergraduate essay writing focus on the following requirements: students need to be analytical and critical in their response students need to structure their writing logically students need to be persuasive writers | students need to answer the question | This booklet looks at, how to analyse your essay question. Other Learning Centre booklets in this series deal with the other aspects: • Analytical Writing deals with the difference between analytical and descriptive writing • Planning and Structuring an Essay deals with logical structures • Developing and Supporting an Argument deals with persuasion Expectations of student assignments One of the difficulties experienced by students, particularly in first year, is understanding what standard is expected in essays at tertiary level. As well as this, each subject discipline has its own ways of doing things and its own conventions about essay structure and writing style. For instance, in some subjects it is acceptable to write very personally and put forward your own opinions and feelings on a topic and in others such a personal response would not be appropriate. You need to find out the expectations and conventions...
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...natural disasters, and violence on our screens. These graphic images can encourage us to act, or leave us cold. In this essay I will discuss the effects of these constant powerful pictures. It’s natural to respond to other people’s suffering. When we see hungry children or frightened refugees on our televisions, we want to send money or support. Huge relief efforts such as Live Aid or Action for Haiti have resulted from ordinary people’s reactions. Another natural response is anger. We ask our leaders to act to change the political or economic situation that causes the pain. Some people also take action themselves. They volunteer time in their home communities to raise funds, or even work or fight in the affected region. Have a look at a longer (400-word) version of this essay However, the frequency of these painful and violent scenes can also have opposite effects. First of all, it doesn’t seem right to watch tsunamis or other disasters while we are eating breakfast. Some people become obsessed with bad news on the television or internet. Second, it’s also natural to protect yourself and those around you. To reduce the impact on ourselves or our families, we change the television channel or make a joke about the conflict or continent affected. Finally, because the images seem never-ending, we get fed up sending money which does not seem to have any effect. Many people feel powerless and therefore do nothing, until an even more powerful image is forced on...
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...Another effect of watching television is television’s capacity as an outlet for procrastination. Endless hours can be spent in front of the television effortlessly. The tendency to do this can also increase when one is trying to avoid certain tasks, like studying. Also the amount of media a single television contains can keep a person engaged for prolonged periods of time. All one has to do it press a button and the channel will change providing more for one to watch. This means that the more channels a television has the greater the amount of time can be spent watching it. Procrastination can have a crippling effect on productivity, a television will only increase ones procrastination and cause students to develop poor study habits, such as cramming at the last minutes and rushing through assignments. One of the greatest adversaries students face from increasing the amount of television they watch is that television is not intellectually stimulating. Despite its ability to provide information, watching a television requires minimal effort and cognition. Unlike reading and critical thinking, watching television can cause a person to become apathetic and even lazy. Student need to keep their minds active and prepped for learning; this is hindered by watching television because the state a televisions can leave ones mind makes it especially hard to focus on studying and learning. Student need to study. Televisions, despite the few redeeming qualities they posses, have a negative...
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...Com 1020 Assignment 2 Introduction Mass communication is the variety of all the media mediums together, and is aimed at a large audience. A ritual view is directed not towards the addition of messages in space but the maintenance of society in time, not the act of imparting information or influence but the creation, representation, and celebration of shared even if illusory beliefs, James,(1988: 43). This essay will discuss how mass communications has transformed the temporal and spatial foundations of the social-sphere. This essay will start by defining the key terms which are communication, mass communication, and the para-social. The separation of social space from the physical place by mass communications, time and space and mass communications will also be discussed in the essay. The para-social interactions, how mass communications transformed the temporal and spatial foundations of the social sphere will then follow. The ritual dimensions of communication will also be discussed, the essay will then sum up the essay and give the researcher’s opinion. Definition of key terms Communication refers to the transmission of meaningful messages; these messages are conveyed in images, language, gestures, or other symbols. Thompson. (1997:30) Anthony R, (2004), defines mass communication as the process in which professional communicators design and use media to disseminate messages widely, rapidly, and continuously in order to arouse intended meanings in large...
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...You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile, a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers, but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? o Your news organization is owned by a massive corporation that also owns an electronics company. It has learned that the refrigerators the electronics company makes are fire hazards and have destroyed several homes. How do you cover the story and how do you acknowledge that you are owned by the same corporation? o You are the chief editor of a large metropolitan daily newspaper. One of your reporters is caught fabricating sources and making up facts. How do you handle the situation, from disciplining the reporter to explaining it to your readers? . Solve the problem using what you have learned. Solutions must be realistic. If you think cable news networks do not have enough foreign coverage, for example, it is not enough to say you will simply hire more reporters. You must say where that money will come from. Be creative, both in the identification of the problem and, especially, in the solution. . Include the following: o The role of media in delivering news to the public o The significance of immediate news media delivery on culture o The social responsibilities of news media. o Ethical and legal considerations...
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...screen. Now that the show is over the child jumps up and runs about in a state of bliss hitting things the way that his favorite character did. This scene is all too familiar to parents of young children. What is it that causes children to act in such ways? Can we arguably say that the violence on television has no effects on the minds of children? I would like to pose that there is indeed a positive correlation between these two categories. Aggressive or violent television shows cause children to act in aggressive ways. Aggressive and/or violent can be defined as the act of initiating hostilities or invasion, or acting with, or resulting from great force.(Webster Dictionary) Research has shown there is a strong connection between violent television and aggressive children. During the time that children watch television, there is an enormous amount of violence shown. The article, "Aggression and its Effects on Children"(Anonymous) gave numeric value to violent acts. Studies included randomly chosen days in various cities. Statistics show that 2,605 violent acts happened, 566 of which aired between six and eight am. These are prime-time “children watching” television hours....
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...Commercial Essay Assignment As consumers in our society, many of us are almost immune to the constant barrage of assorted advertisements bombarding us via billboards, television, radio, the Internet, email, and snail mail. Some of these ads are trivial--which cola to drink or which deodorant to use. Some deal with important issues like feeding the hungry or preservation of the rain forests. Although we're exposed to all types of ads daily, we have effectively trained ourselves to filter them out. Who doesn't grab the remote when the television commercial comes on? However, as annoying as they may be, all these ads speak volumes about the nature of our society. Although this situation is the "norm" for us, have you ever thought about how confusing all these different advertisements might be for beings from another planet? Are deodorant soaps or dandruff shampoos as important as feeding starving children? What effect might such ads have on their opinions about our society? Would visitors from outer space have a positive or negative overall image of us from the ads? For this assignment, you'll need to spend 2 hours watching television, but you’re ONLY going to watch the commercials! First, record which channel you're watching. Pick the local affiliate of one of the major television stations only: CBS, NBC, or ABC. If you live in Odessa or Midland, you can watch KOSA, KMID, or KWES. No cable or PBS stations. Then spend two hours watching commercials: Keep track...
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